Sri Lanka

whether the meaning of “a national” as appears in the definition of “receiving country” in s 5 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) applies to a person who does not have a present status of a citizen of another country but is capable of acquiring that status – meaning does not apply in such a circumstance

24 June 2019 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - India - Sri Lanka

11 February 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Grounds for persecution | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

3 November 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Administrative law - Flight by land, air or sea - Torture | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

15 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

26 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Sinhalese - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

17 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

12 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Immigration Detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Visas | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

10 August 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Sinhalese | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

30 May 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

29 March 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka